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page.title=Build Community
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page.metaDescription=Build a loyal following with great support and communication.
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page.tags="users, growth, community"
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page.image=/images/cards/card-build-community_16-9_2x.png
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@jd:body
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<p>
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Fans of your apps love to help others, turn newer users into fans, and bring
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you more users as they talk about your app. Building a community can help you
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tap into those influencers to help you improve your app and provide support
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to others.
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</p>
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<div class="figure">
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<img src="{@docRoot}images/cards/card-build-community_16-9_2x.png">
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</div>
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<p>
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Building your own community can help you bring content that will delight
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users and get them talking about your apps to friends, family and others in
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their social network.
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</p>
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<div class="headerLine">
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<h2 id="starting-your-community">
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Starting Your Community
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</h2>
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</div>
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<p>
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In conjunction with your apps’ design and development, you should start
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defining and building your community infrastructure. There’s no one approach
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that fits all, and the approach for each of your apps may need to be a little
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different. You should start by thinking about your potential users and asking
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questions such as:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<p>
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How will my users prefer to interact? Game users may prefer a modern feed
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style community, users of a financial management app a more traditional
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discussion forum.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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Should I have a community for all my apps or should each app have its
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own? Will users be turned off if the community isn’t just about the app
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that interests them or can I make it a way to turn them onto my other
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apps?
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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Will different countries or territories, or speakers of particular
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languages need separate forums? How will I handle feedback in languages I
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don’t know?
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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Do I need any additional policies beyond those governing the tool used to
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host the community?
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</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Any way you do it, starting your community early helps you build momentum as
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you turn happy users into influencers.
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</p>
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<p>
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Consider inviting your existing users through a rich notification or an
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opt-in on your website. Don’t overlook inviting your critics too. If you have
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been able to address their earlier issues you may convert them into
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supporters — it’s not unknown for your harshest critics to become your most
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enthusiastic fans if you address their concerns.
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</p>
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<p>
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When you use the <a href=
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"{@docRoot}distribute/googleplay/developer-console.html#alpha-beta">beta-testing
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feature</a> in Google Play, you’ll create a testers group through a <a href=
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"https://support.google.com/groups/answer/46601">Google Group</a> or <a href=
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"https://support.google.com/plus/topic/2888488">Google+ Community</a> to
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define who gets your software for testing. Consider managing these groups as
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communities in their own right.
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</p>
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<div class="headerLine">
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<h2 id="tools-to-build-your-community">
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Tools to Build Your Community
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</h2>
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</div>
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<p>
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There are many tools you can use to build your community. Before you launch,
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inviting <a href="http://www.google.com/+/business/">Google+</a> users or
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<a href="https://support.google.com/groups/answer/46601?hl=en">Google
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Groups</a> to <a href=
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"{@docRoot}distribute/googleplay/developer-console.html#alpha-beta">beta-test</a>
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your app can help you kickstart your community while you listen to and
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respond to your user feedback.
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</p>
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<p>
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Once you’ve launched, your Google+ or other social media presence can help
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you continue to gather feedback, answer questions, and get input on updates.
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Use social media to get the conversation started. Post updates to your
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followers, announce new apps, and host contests. Ask followers to re-post so
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that they bring new users into the conversation. Fans love to profess their
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passion for great apps, so be sure to give them plenty of reason to do so.
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</p>
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<p>
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Forums like <a href=
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"https://support.google.com/groups/answer/46601?hl=en">Google Groups</a> are
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particularly well suited to help you and your users provide support to
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others. By helping out your community, you’re building your fan base who will
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share their experiences with other prospective customers.
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</p>
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<p>
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Respond to comments and reviews on both your product details page on Google
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Play and <a href="http://youtube.com">YouTube</a> pages. Prospective
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customers are influenced by reviews and comments, so be sure to manage your
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brand in every channel you can.
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</p>
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<div class="headerLine">
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<h2 id="managing-your-community">
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Managing Your Community
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</h2>
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</div>
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<div class="figure">
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<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-community-0.png">
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</div>
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<p>
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Engaged users want you to succeed. Let them know you’re listening! Responding
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to posts, comments, and other social media mentions improves your ratings by
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letting users know you care.
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</p>
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<p>
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Update the product based on user feedback and announce new releases. Users
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often change their original star ratings after feeling heard, inspiring more
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users to install your apps.
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</p>
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<p>
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There are many ways to make your community feel special. Consider polls to
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let users influence product updates. Use competitions to inspire and reward
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your community. Giving a special <em>member of the week</em> badge is an easy
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way to recognize those that help others. Or get users involved in testing new
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versions or new apps to make them feel special.
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</p>
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<div class="headerLine">
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<h2 id="related-resources">
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Related Resources
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</h2>
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</div>
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data-query="collection:distribute/users/buildcommunity"
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